Josvas 21

1 Overhodene for levittenes familier trådte frem for Eleasar, presten, og Josva, Nuns sønn, og for familie-overhodene i Israels barns stammer

And they approached [the] leaders of [the] fathers of the Levites to Eleazar the priest and to Joshua [the] son of Nun and to [the] leaders of [the] fathers of the tribes of [the] people of Israel.

2 og talte til dem i Silo i Kana'ans land og sa: Herren bød ved Moses at der skulde gis oss byer å bo i med jordet omkring for vårt fe.

And they spoke to them at Shiloh in [the] land of Canaan saying Yahweh he commanded by [the] hand of Moses to give to us cities to dwell in and pasture lands their for livestock our.

3 Da gav Israels barn efter Herrens befaling av sine arvelodder levittene disse byer med tilhørende jorder:

And they gave [the] people of Israel to the Levites some of inheritance their to [the] mouth of Yahweh the cities these and pasture lands their.

4 Først kom loddet ut for kahatittenes ætter, og blandt disse levitter fikk Arons, prestens, sønner ved loddkastingen tretten byer av Juda stamme og av simeonittenes stamme og av Benjamins stamme,

And it came out the lot of [the] clans of the Kohathite[s] and it belonged to [the] descendants of Aaron the priest of the Levites from [the] tribe of Judah and from [the] tribe of the Simeonite[s] and from [the] tribe of Benjamin by the lot cities thir-teen.

5 og de andre Kahats barn fikk ved loddkastingen ti byer av Efra'ims stammes ætter og av Dans stamme og av den halve Manasse stamme.

And [belonged] to [the] descendants of Kohath which remained from [the] clans of [the] tribe of Ephraim and from [the] tribe of Dan and from [the] half of [the] tribe of Manasseh by the lot cities ten.

6 Gersons barn fikk ved loddkastingen tretten byer av Issakars stammes ætter og av Asers stamme og av Naftali stamme og av den halve Manasse stamme i Basan.

And [belonged] to [the] descendants of Gershon from [the] clans of [the] tribe of Issachar and from [the] tribe of Asher and from [the] tribe of Naphtali and from [the] half of [the] tribe of Manasseh in Bashan by the lot cities thir-teen.

7 Meraris barn fikk efter sine ætter tolv byer av Rubens stamme og av Gads stamme og av Sebulons stamme.

[and belonged] to [the] descendants of Merari to clans their from [the] tribe of Reuben and from [the] tribe of Gad and from [the] tribe of Zebulun cities two [plus] ten.

8 Disse byer med tilhørende jorder gav Israels barn levittene ved loddkasting, således som Herren hadde befalt ved Moses.

And they gave [the] people of Israel to the Levites the cities these and pasture lands their just as he had commanded Yahweh by [the] hand of Moses by the lot.

9 Av Judas barns stamme og av Simeons barns stamme avgav de de byer som nu skal nevnes:

And they gave from [the] tribe of [the] descendants of Judah and from [the] tribe of [the] descendants of Simeon the cities these which he called them by name.

10 Arons sønner av kahatittenes ætter, de av Levis barn som loddet først kom ut for,

And it belonged to [the] descendants of Aaron one of [the] clans of the Kohathite[s] from [the] descendants of Levi for to them it belonged the lot first.

11 fikk Arbas, anakittenes stamfars by, det er Hebron, i Juda-fjellene med tilhørende jorder rundt omkring;

And they gave to them Kiriath Arba [the] father of Anak that [is] Hebron in [the] hill country of Judah and pasture lands its around it.

12 men byens mark og dens landsbyer gav de Kaleb, Jefunnes sønn, til eiendom.

And [the] field[s] of the city and villages its they gave to Caleb [the] son of Jephunneh possession his.

13 Arons, prestens, sønner fikk både Hebron, som var tilfluktsstad for manndrapere, med tilhørende jorder og Libna med jorder

And to [the] descendants of - Aaron the priest they gave [the] city of refuge of the killer Hebron and pasture lands its and Libnah and pasture lands its.

14 og Jattir med jorder og Estemoa med jorder

And Jattir and pasture lands its and Eshtemoa and pasture lands its.

15 og Holon med jorder og Debir med jorder

And Holon and pasture lands its and Debir and pasture lands its.

16 og A'in med jorder og Jutta med jorder og Bet-Semes med jorder - ni byer av disse to stammer;

And Ain and pasture lands its and Juttah and pasture lands its Beth Shemesh and pasture lands its cities nine from with [the] two the tribes these.

17 og av Benjamins stamme: Gibeon med jorder, Geba med jorder,

And from [the] tribe of Benjamin Gibeon and pasture lands its Geba and pasture lands its.

18 Anatot med jorder og Almon med jorder - fire byer.

Anathoth and pasture lands its and Almon and pasture lands its cities four.

19 Således fikk Arons sønner, prestene, i alt tretten byer med tilhørende jorder.

All [the] cities of [the] descendants of Aaron the priests [were] thir-teen cities and pasture lands their.

20 Og Kahats barns ætter av levittene - de andre av Kahats barn - fikk av Efra'ims stamme disse byer, som utgjorde deres lodd:

And to [the] clans of [the] descendants of Kohath the Levites who remained of [the] descendants of Kohath and it was [the] cities of lot their from [the] tribe of Ephraim.

21 De fikk Sikem, som var tilfluktsstad for manndrapere, med tilhørende jorder i Efra'im-fjellene og Geser med jorder

And they gave to them [the] city of refuge of the killer Shechem and pasture lands its in [the] hill country of Ephraim and Gezer and pasture lands its.

22 og Kibsa'im med jorder og Bet-Horon med jorder - fire byer;

And Kibzaim and pasture lands its and Beth Horon and pasture lands its cities four.

23 og av Dans stamme: Elteke med jorder, Gibbeton med jorder,

And from [the] tribe of Dan Eltekeh and pasture lands its Gibbethon and pasture lands its.

24 Ajalon med jorder, Gat-Rimmon med jorder - fire byer;

Aijalon and pasture lands its Gath Rimmon and pasture lands its cities four.

25 og av den halve Manasse stamme: Ta'anak med jorder og Gat-Rimmon med jorder - to byer.

And from [the] half of [the] tribe of Manasseh Taanach and pasture lands its and Gath Rimmon and pasture lands its cities two.

26 Det var i alt ti byer med tilhørende jorder som de andre kahatitters ætter fikk.

All [the] cities ten and pasture lands their [belonged] to [the] clans of [the] descendants of Kohath which remained.

27 Og Gersons barn av levittenes ætter fikk av den halve Manasse stamme Galon i Basan, som var tilfluktsstad for manndrapere, med tilhørende jorder, og Be'estera med jorder - to byer;

And to [the] descendants of Gershon from [the] clans of the Levites from [the] half of [the] tribe of Manasseh [the] city of refuge of the killer (Golan *Q(K)*) in Bashan and pasture lands its and Beeshtarah and pasture lands its cities two.

28 og av Issakars stamme: Kisjon med jorder, Daberat med jorder.

And from [the] tribe of Issachar Kishion and pasture lands its Daberath and pasture lands its.

29 Jarmut med jorder, En-Gannim med jorder - fire byer;

Jarmuth and pasture lands its En Gannim and pasture lands its cities four.

30 og av Asers stamme: Misal med jorder, Abdon med jorder,

And from [the] tribe of Asher Mishal and pasture lands its Abdon and pasture lands its.

31 Helkat med jorder og Rehob med jorder - fire byer;

Helkath and pasture lands its and Rehob and pasture lands its cities four.

32 og av Naftali stamme: Kedes i Galilea, som var tilfluktsstad for manndrapere, med tilhørende jorder, og Hammot-Dor med jorder og Kartan med jorder - tre byer.

And from [the] tribe of Naphtali [the] city of - refuge of the killer Kedesh in Galilee and pasture lands its and Hammoth Dor and pasture lands its and Kartan and pasture lands its cities three.

33 Gersonittenes byer efter deres ætter utgjorde således i alt tretten byer med tilhørende jorder.

All [the] cities of the Gershonite[s] to clans their [were] thir-teen citi[es] and pasture lands their.

34 Og Meraris barns ætter, resten av levittene, fikk av Sebulons stamme: Jokneam med jorder, Karta med jorder,

And to [the] clans of [the] descendants of Merari the Levites which remained from with [the] tribe of Zebulun Jokneam and pasture lands its Kartah and pasture lands its.

35 Dimna med jorder, Nahalal med jorder - fire byer;

Dimnah and pasture lands its Nahalal and pasture lands its cities four.

36 og av Rubens stamme: Beser med jorder og Jahsa med jorder,

(And from [the] tribe of Reuben Bezer and pasture lands its and Jahaz and pasture lands its. *R*)

37 Kedemot med jorder og Mefa'at med jorder - fire byer;

(Kedemoth and pasture lands its and Mephaath and pasture lands its cities four. *R*)

38 og av Gads stamme: Ramot i Gilead, som var tilfluktsstad for manndrapere, med tilhørende jorder, og Mahana'im med jorder,

And from [the] tribe of Gad [the] city of refuge of the killer Ramoth in Gilead and pasture lands its and Mahanaim and pasture lands its.

39 Hesbon med jorder, Jaser med jorder - i alt fire byer.

Heshbon and pasture lands its Jazer and pasture lands its all [the] cities [were] four.

40 De byer som Meraris barn, resten av levittenes ætter, fikk som sin lodd efter sine ætter, var i alt tolv byer.

All the cities of [the] descendants of Merari to clans their which remained of [the] clans of the Levites and it was lot their cities two [plus] ten.

41 I alt utgjorde levittenes byer i Israels barns eiendomsland åtte og firti byer med tilhørende jorder.

All [the] cities of the Levites in [the] midst of [the] possession of [the] people of Israel [were] cities forty and eight and pasture lands their.

42 Disse byer hadde hver for sig sine jorder rundt omkring sig; så var det med alle disse byer.

They were the cities these a city a city and pasture lands its around it thus for all the cities these.

43 Således gav Herren Israel hele det land han hadde svoret å ville gi deres fedre; og de inntok det og bosatte sig der.

And he gave Yahweh to Israel all the land which he had sworn to give to ancestors their and they took possession of it and they dwelt in it.

44 Og Herren lot dem ha ro på alle kanter, aldeles som han hadde tilsvoret deres fedre; og ingen av alle deres fiender kunde holde stand imot dem; alle deres fiender gav Herren i deres hånd.

And he gave rest Yahweh to them from round about according to all that he had sworn to ancestors their and not he stood anyone in faces their from all enemies their all enemies their he gave Yahweh in hand their.

45 Ikke ett ord blev til intet av alle de gode ord Herren hadde talt til Israels hus; det blev opfylt alt sammen.

Not it fell a word from every word good which he had spoken Yahweh to [the] house of Israel everything it came.